2014 World Championship - Discussion

[jono*]

apparently the second session went on for too long, the tournament director had to step in and end it early

[montoya10]

I don't think "destined to win" is a legit assessment of the situation. Selby wasn't anywhere near being excellent himself, but he managed to turn O'Sullivan cold, enough to make him a ghost on the table, till the interval arrived.
Then, maybe upon mulling over how he could make a great profit out of this session with his opponent playing like that, he put himself under pressure and choked hard, only to be presented with the slender's lead as a consolation prize.

With the final session coming, "I could have been X frames up" or "I could have been Y frames down" becomes equally irrelevant with a scoreline like this. To be honest, with the snooker they played in patches, someone playing his A+ game could have destroyed both of them, but it's all hypothetical, so, it's what we have at hand.

[Ronnie's tip]

Luck already evened out in this match. Ronnie got just as much luck in the 2nd session and maybe more than Mark just did in that 3rd session.

You really think so? What about the bad luck on the green which enabled Selby to close the gap to 4 (rather than 6). There was the fluked red from Selby too in the 1st session.

There's no way ROS has had a session like that go for him. In virtually every frame things went against him. First two sessions were what you'd call normal - bit of luck here or there which will always happen. But the 3rd session was just....ridiculous. And that last frame was one of the most incredible frames I've ever seen.

[alexiy]

OMFG Ronnie what tha hell was that.
And that Selby is just too lucky.I know Ronnie is bad today,but selby didn't deserve the lead, no way sir.If he wins he will be the most boring snooker world champion ever,despite the fact his nickname is "jester" he was never fun to watch.Just horrible and bad snooker, "Peter Ebdon" style.

[mattynoy]

MATCH FIXING! Stephen Lee style.

[snookerpoolman]

Well like Hazel said don't make plans it's gonna be a late one... This is what I intimated to earlier. A long and scrappy final session, Only die-hard fans watch it to the end. Most people either tire of it and want to watch somet else at 10 / 10.30pm.. It end's around midnight, too late for the press to be bothered to write about it, Wed. is too late and none-snooker fans by then have forgotten all about the last 17 days... the sports pages are full of football sh'te as ever, nobody cares anyway, as Selby in not a 'name' known by the general public and has ground out a late night win with several hour long frames...

You might not agree with the above, but I've seen it all before...


For the sake of snooker RONNIE NEEDS TO WIN THIS MATCH!!!!!

[vdking114]

ahh ohwell Peter Ebdon was a world champion too,Mark Selby can join the list of boring world champions ever.

[alexiy]

MATCH FIXING! Stephen Lee style.

Very likely,this is just ridiculous.

[wemba]

Ronnie would be insulted if you told him he needed luck to win a match. Ronnie has more talent than the Top 10 snooker players combined. He doesn't need luck.

[brusque]

Well like Hazel said don't make plans it's gonna be a late one... This is what I intimated to earlier. A long and scrappy final session, Only die-hard fans watch it to the end. Most people either tire of it and want to watch somet else at 10 / 10.30pm.. It end's around midnight, too late for the press to be bothered to write about it, Wed. is too late and none-snooker fans by then have forgotten all about the last 17 days... the sports pages are full of football sh'te as ever, nobody cares anyway, as Selby in not a 'name' known by the general public and has ground out a late night win with several hour long frames...

You might not agree with the above, but I've seen it all before...


For the sake of snooker RONNIE NEEDS TO WIN THIS MATCH!!!!!

u sir have no clue

[P.Smith]

You really think so? What about the bad luck on the green which enabled Selby to close the gap to 4 (rather than 6). There was the fluked red from Selby too in the 1st session.

There's no way ROS has had a session like that go for him. In virtually every frame things went against him. First two sessions were what you'd call normal - bit of luck here or there which will always happen. But the 3rd session was just....ridiculous. And that last frame was one of the most incredible frames I've ever seen.

I don't recall the green you're talking about. The fluked red was in the 1st session. I'm talking about Ronnie's luck in the 2nd session, where he was mi****ting shots all over the place but getting away with it.

Either way I don't care. It is what it is.

[alexiy]

ahh ohwell Peter Ebdon was a world champion too,Mark Selby can join the list of boring world champions ever.

Oh yeah, I forgot Peter was a champion too my bad

[P.Smith]

Well like Hazel said don't make plans it's gonna be a late one... This is what I intimated to earlier. A long and scrappy final session, Only die-hard fans watch it to the end. Most people either tire of it and want to watch somet else at 10 / 10.30pm.. It end's around midnight, too late for the press to be bothered to write about it, Wed. is too late and none-snooker fans by then have forgotten all about the last 17 days... the sports pages are full of football sh'te as ever, nobody cares anyway, as Selby in not a 'name' known by the general public and has ground out a late night win with several hour long frames...

You might not agree with the above, but I've seen it all before...


For the sake of snooker RONNIE NEEDS TO WIN THIS MATCH!!!!!

I don't care what the newspapers do. I care about an exciting final. Don't you dare try and call yourself a snooker fan with disgraceful comments like this.

[Billy]

There was once a time when this forum was frequented by sensible, fair, genuine snooker fans, but the level of immaturity I've witnessed over the last three dozen pages makes me genuinely sad.

Why can't people just appreciate snooker for what it is, slow and fast games alike? Why is slow snooker automatically 'boring'. Why, when your favourite player isn't winning, does it mean the other guy is 'lucky'?

O'Sullivan fans won't give Selby any credit, and vice versa. It's ridiculous. This is the kind of stupid, banal bickering I expect from moronic football fans!

[montoya10]

I don't recall the green you're talking about. The fluked red was in the 1st session. I'm talking about Ronnie's luck in the 2nd session, where he was mi****ting shots all over the place but getting away with it.

Either way I don't care. It is what it is.

You must have missed that frame, then, since it was practically impossible to forget, lol.